Australian outback holidays: Why the outback needs to be on your bucket list

By Sue Williams
January 28 2017 - 12:15am
 Lightning Ridge: The only place in the world that produces stunning black opal.
Lightning Ridge: The only place in the world that produces stunning black opal.
SatJan28-coveroutback Sandy Creek Falls, Litchfield National Park, NT Credit: Northern Territory Tourism Photo: Northern Territory Tourism
SatJan28-coveroutback Sandy Creek Falls, Litchfield National Park, NT Credit: Northern Territory Tourism Photo: Northern Territory Tourism

It was my first night sleeping in a swag on the ground somewhere in the middle of the outback. It was on the eve of a cattle drive and I'd been asleep for two hours, wrestling with nightmares about the horrifically giant stallion which had been assigned to me a few hours earlier, bolting, bucking, throwing me to the ground and then stomping on me.

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